ASSESSING CONGRUENCEAMONG DISTANCE MATRICES: SINGLE-MALT SCOTCH WHISKIES REVISITED

A test of congruence among distance matrices is described. It tests the hypothesis that several matrices, containing different types of variables about the same objects, are congruent with one another, so they can be used jointly in statistical analysis. Raw data tables are turned into similarity or distance matrices prior to testing; they can then be compared to data that naturally come in the form of distance matrices. The proposed test can be seen as a generalization of the Mantel test of matrix correspondence to any number of distance matrices. This paper shows that the new test has the correct rate of Type I error and good power. Power increases as the number of objects and the number of congruent data matrices increase; power is higher when the total number of matrices in the study is smaller. To illustrate the method, the proposed test is used to test the hypothesis that matrices representing different types of organoleptic variables (colour, nose, body, palate and finish) in single‐malt Scotch whiskies are congruent.     

明清民间社会救济力量生长的困境与趋向探析

透视明清社会救济史发现，国家荒政的衰败和基层社会自治化倾向的加强，由乡绅倡率的民间社会救济活动不断兴起，但民间力量的生长空间在于不能动摇封建专制统治的根基。在中国传统文化笼罩和社会层级结构固化中的民间社会救济力量，断然不能成为公民组织成长和公民社会形成的“基因”。“双回归”——慈善救济活动回归社会事业本位、政府回归其仲裁者和监督者本色的总趋向，仍将是一个缓慢而艰难的过程。     

传统壮族文人文论的价值和意义

传统壮族文人的文论在全国影响并不大,但是否就因此而没有价值和意义?尽管受到汉族文人文论的巨大影响,并因此还具有滞后性,但传统壮族文人文论的存在仍有其价值和意义,这种价值和意义表现为:它是对传统壮族文人文学创作的总结;它是壮族民间文论的发展,是壮族人民对文学思考的进一步深化;它是对全国文论的一种丰富。在这三个方面,它有着别的文论无法替代的价值和意义。     

Lower bounds on expectations of positive L-statistics from without-replacement models

We consider samples drawn without replacement from finite populations. We establish optimal lower non-negative and upper non-positive bounds on the expectations of linear combinations of order statistics centered about the population mean in units generated by the population central absolute moments of various orders. We also specify the general results for important examples of sample extremes, Gini mean differences and sample range. The paper completes the results of Papadatos and Rychlik [2004. Bounds on expectations of L-statistics from without replacement samples. J. Statist. Plann. Inference 124, 317–336], where sharp negative lower and positive upper bounds on the expectations of the combinations were presented for the without-replacement samples.     

孔子学院的发展现状、问题及趋势

孔子学院是以教授汉语和传播中国文化为宗旨的非营利的公益机构，是海外朋友学习汉语了解中国的窗口，也是学习借鉴不同文化、促进多元文化交流发展而构建和谐世界的平台。作为汉语国际推广的龙头产品，孔子学院的建设已经初具规模，发展的势头引人瞩目。本文谨就孔子学院的发展现状、存在问题以及未来的趋势作一概括性的阐述和分析。     

Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test for stratified samples and Efron's paradox dice

Two-treatment multi-center clinical trials are the most common type of clinical trials in practice. The aim of this paper is to discuss a curious property of certain standard nonparametric procedures used in the analysis of such clinical trials. Different analyses of a simulated data example are presented, which lead to contrasting and surprising results. The source of the potentially misleading outcome is then explored while relating the simulated data with the concept of Efron's paradox dice and the notion of nontransitivity. With the root of the problem established, an alternate nonparametric method from the literature is shown to address the problem. Finally, pointing out an interpretational concern of using the alternate procedure, a modification to this procedure is also suggested and corresponding theoretical results are presented.     

湖北省高校科技成果转化的现状调查与分析

通过对高校科技工作管理者、高校教师以及部分企业的调研发现,目前影响湖北省高校科技成果转化的因素主要是政府管理、资金投入、高校观念转变与机制创新、企业重视等方面,并提出相应的对策与建议.     

儒家思想对汉民族服饰观负面影响二题

文章论述了传统的等级与礼教等思想对汉民族服饰观的负面影响 ,表现为服饰的森严的等级观念和趋同的服饰心理     

汉武封禅:儒学正统化大典

汉武时代,形势需要有一种主导性的价值观念来强化皇权、开拓大一统帝国和维护社会秩序,儒学思想应运登上政治舞台。在儒学思想诠释与演绎下,封禅仪式程序不仅成为改德改制、大一统宗教礼仪和皇权至上与“奉天承运”的标志,而且也是宣告儒学正统化、制度化的典礼。     

孔子的富贵观及其现代价值解读

孔子的富贵观是其思想体系的重要组成部分。孔子关于世人应否追求富贵,怎样处理富贵与道义的关系,以及富裕之后还当如何等问题在《论语》中都有论述。孔子的这些论述,对当代人们创业致富,以义求利,以及坚持经济建设与精神文明建设两手抓,仍然具有启迪作用和借鉴价值。